tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76430169419694966582024-02-19T01:31:05.208-08:00Windhorse WaysWindhorse means Basic Goodness~simple ways. Prayer Flags glyinh in Tibet, send Goodness all over the world.
In the center of the flag is the Windhorse; or Lung Tah …and prayers for for all beings.
In the corners are the Four Dignities: Garuda, a fantastic bird, represents wisdom, Dragon symbolizes gentle power; Snow Lion demonstrates fearless joy & Tiger, confidence. These I cultivate and send to all the universe.Rev. Irene Windhorsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06784233906333503346noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643016941969496658.post-76414843003195612342020-08-17T08:45:00.000-07:002020-08-17T08:45:10.223-07:00Do I Have Time to Meditate?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhA1bgMm5nzRo2ZFtS4bH-uzthshFgEmew88EyViyl-72VhxrqCxGiaeHDxbR-gWfs8iDX3SzP5VX9pC10tEkQFka2OS14H9BNGG7op-M5hV-B3HolCJIg4a87CL8NhMKTs_c1qzz4nSdk/s1600-h/Galatea_of_the_Spheres.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443403759814036098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhA1bgMm5nzRo2ZFtS4bH-uzthshFgEmew88EyViyl-72VhxrqCxGiaeHDxbR-gWfs8iDX3SzP5VX9pC10tEkQFka2OS14H9BNGG7op-M5hV-B3HolCJIg4a87CL8NhMKTs_c1qzz4nSdk/s200/Galatea_of_the_Spheres.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 188px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a>How many parts are we made of? Or do the edges of organs, features and systems so blend into each other as to be ONE with the illusion of separateness? Emotionally, we may feel all 'broken up' or 'scattered' at any given time.
Meditation gloriously brings us back into a feeling .. and a reality of Integrity, Clarity and Patience. Our physiology is actually slowed down, reordered, and given a chance to rejuvenate itself and remain youthful. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmxGOPXp1fTaOPrigi6IBQ6V72AZloQrKTHClYjFweKzyT7mnaZCsolC0x51mJ5tE7wbUifmPSpQz8RsN9BtU9N-bVcJMKemHudBxO72GoILHIRft0NsOS_3Cvc_bRISfyxEmWGMFOeKt_/s1600-h/7620_1224331736595_1478042629_634382_7839050_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443281278250810322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmxGOPXp1fTaOPrigi6IBQ6V72AZloQrKTHClYjFweKzyT7mnaZCsolC0x51mJ5tE7wbUifmPSpQz8RsN9BtU9N-bVcJMKemHudBxO72GoILHIRft0NsOS_3Cvc_bRISfyxEmWGMFOeKt_/s200/7620_1224331736595_1478042629_634382_7839050_n.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 160px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 118px;" /></a>
<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">While we meditate, the masks we create dissolve to reveal the pure nature of who we are and wish to be. We suddenly feel comfortable with ourselves and the desire to evolve our purpose. We can feel the expansiveness of our Being, and the boundaries of body and mind melt away. We find that Heaven and Earth are both within reach and indeed united; diversity in unity and Unity in Diversity.
</div><div style="text-align: left;">When the meditation is done, and work or play is resumed, feel the rejuvenated</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoqrwVANQJqiQB4nVGggzTMNfLCjUWOHJtcoKDr28aMTPRv1C8zdkAjNbNkNnC1ZBa5pUUeODzASIh2UjSJLIx3HbflzoQBxhVKCPqc6NFbBfYS59pnwIxMU26D02ogvQuU3HSI3h12sFN/s1600-h/19136_233897408505_710708505_3372360_5827530_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443362343947224818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoqrwVANQJqiQB4nVGggzTMNfLCjUWOHJtcoKDr28aMTPRv1C8zdkAjNbNkNnC1ZBa5pUUeODzASIh2UjSJLIx3HbflzoQBxhVKCPqc6NFbBfYS59pnwIxMU26D02ogvQuU3HSI3h12sFN/s200/19136_233897408505_710708505_3372360_5827530_n.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 174px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a> eyesight, easy breathing and burst of creativity or desire to get out or do something you've been putting off. Something once thought of as difficult all of a sudden seems do-able, and in the doing, seems easy. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> Meditating once, or better, twice a day, will acrue for you and build tolerance for your immune system and strengthen all aspects of mind, body and spirit. See you in the ethers!
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Irene Windhorsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06784233906333503346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643016941969496658.post-69564082227656937152020-08-17T04:49:00.004-07:002020-08-17T05:02:47.095-07:00Weathering Plagues<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY-0krCUEkcaO_2CqdWnslKY5O5WpkeSEafYLxGXAvkp_hMJ951xV80nBoRacVwgiBhO1J2JZ2ZAPey1cJdS9HwdPt8STg2Bbu9QKvyI9O7KaoEy4qzAXPi0_ZAppY6tXJjtL5Frt_ztep/s1024/Chrysanthemum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY-0krCUEkcaO_2CqdWnslKY5O5WpkeSEafYLxGXAvkp_hMJ951xV80nBoRacVwgiBhO1J2JZ2ZAPey1cJdS9HwdPt8STg2Bbu9QKvyI9O7KaoEy4qzAXPi0_ZAppY6tXJjtL5Frt_ztep/s640/Chrysanthemum.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This morning I read a poem by Thomas Nash, [1567-160_]... about the Bubonic Plague...it's the voice of one who knows their own death approaches, and no medicine will help. Villagers each day seeing family and neighbors piled onto wagons and wheeled away....</div><div><br /></div><div>Our current pandemic of COvid19 (and other names) is as vicious, perhaps...with our sensitivities spared somewhat; of the in-your-face horror of it. Yet, bodies were piled into rvs...so many people lost ... still all the public being intimidated with the fear of infection, the requirements that we constantly wear masks in public, though medical doctors everywhere are revealing how ineffective they are.</div><div><br /></div><div>How much in fear are you? </div><div>My constant personal effort is to get 'under' the fear and boot it as far from myself as I can. I turn my thoughts to how...what practices...keep me healthy; flushing the body; avoiding constipation of body mind or spirit...which means a good clean diet of mainly vegetables, nuts and fruits. Ample exercise and fresh air. I walk barefoot inside and outside my home, where I know there have been no poisons applied. </div><div><br /></div><div>I may have more anger than fear, for I do believe the curious experimentors of science, and those who wish to control all else and others have created this pandemic, and I don't doubt it could be a PLandemic. What power do I have, assuming this is true? The power to change my mind...as always, the only real ChangeE I or YOU are capable of.</div><div><br /></div><div>THEN...there is the now scientifically approved fact that my mind and yours can create ... we can enfold ourselves in a sort of shelter of Creative Thought by keeping our attention on the path we are trodding. Constant valuation...WHERE do I want to wind up???</div><div><br /></div><div>Health ... I want health ... of Mind, Body and Spirit.</div><div><br /></div><div>So I stretch my once-tutored mind to believe things I've experienced yet been told cannot be 'true.'</div><div>I catch the stories in my glove, and hit what I see as dross right out of the field. It's a constant returning to Principles and known ways to keep healthy.</div><div><br /></div><div>Stay with me...invest your best into yourself and your neighbors...all good energies we feel naturally emanate all around us; our good thoughts are medicine for everyone. </div><div><br /></div><div>Consider the magnificence of your body...enhance it's immunity with beneficial flora, and avoid foods that make bodies acidic. Dis-ease fails to flourish in an alkaline body. Have you considered the word disease...it is describing a lack of ease in the bodymind, which is the forerunner of sickness...BE AT EASE... understand that our bodies wish to live and experience...yes; our bodies have a consciousness; autonomic systems that unfold faithfully each day unless we break the 'laws' which contain them into perfect health when we follow. These laws come not from legislators...these laws are simply tenets of truth that we can either act from or suffer the consequences.</div><div><br /></div><div>I wish I could say that I am 100% faithful to natural law...alas, I am human...I get bored, impatient... and go the way of error at times...so what to do, then?? Pick myself up, dust myself off...and start all over again! Our small failures serve the purpose of waking us up to our apathy.</div><div><br /></div><div>Our consciousness, the consciousness of the planet and the universe...all are like the endless spires the create the magnificent Chrysanthemum...only by seeking the stem can we find the origin of the plant.</div><div><br /></div><div>Embrace your efforts, let go your failures (remember the lessons though)...my Heart and yours are joined in the ethers...our Higher Selves Know how to guide us to greater understanding. Stand with me! Keep sharing your successes; your insights...Stand together while standing alone.</div><div><br /></div><div>With reverence for All Life,</div><div>Rev. Irene Windhorse</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Irene Windhorse ~ Transformational Spiritual Services ~ With Reverence for All LifeRev. 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Happy Summer! My favorite time....<br />
I've spent the winter pouring through papers and books...weeding out what has become garbage and stacking books in boxes for sale and donations.<br />
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One drawback of summer is the cacophony of odiferous 'landscaping' tools; grinders smoothing out wood, cutting down trees...generators buzzing low frequencies than definitely make the day unpleasant. I chant mantras to get through it; going into a slightly different dimension of peaceful sound.<br />
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So yesterday, I'm wondering when the work being done on my next door neighbors' home will be done, at least for the day. I'm wishing it's soon!! THEN, all of a sudden, the worker starts whistling... a most marvelous whistler! In the 1940's and ,50s...and before that as well...men whistled. Many men. A few excellent, with trilling and warbling...magnificent!<br />
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Well, this man's whistling brought that all back to me...I saw my Uncle Stan whistling....and the beauty of this man's talent for whistling brought tears to my heart. It was angelic! He sang a snippet too, and has a great singing voice. <br />
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Let's use our vocal abilities to grace All Life.<br />
Give the thrill of good whistling everywhere, if you have the skill.<br />
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Enjoy the summer...walk in courage toward what you want without fear of mishap. Use caution always...without fear.<br />
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I became an Ordained Reverend to assist others in grasping information that fosters understanding. I was grateful and will always be, for those Teachers who opened my mind and awareness to questions I'd asked since my early days on Earth.</div>
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I have been a 'fill-in' reverend, for a couple who was denied marriage in the church hours before the ceremony when they found out the groom? had been divorced. My thoughts for the Church could be kinder...and they could benefit from following Jesus' example of Compassion.</div>
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I gladly stepped in; but felt rather like an invader. I knew no one, nor anything about anyone.</div>
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We did it, and I hope their marriage is the stronger for the difficult beginning.</div>
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I feel most useful and viable when I can get to know the couple … what they value, how they spend their days (occupations, hobbies, possibly parenting). I want to express the Couple's Hearts, for their Wedding is the front door to the rest of their Life/Lives.</div>
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It's so wonderful for all of us, the Wedding Team (Bride Groom Reverend); when we create together, strengthen communication...hang out together and build a deeply sacred Ceremony Space and Time.</div>
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I'm so grateful to assist couples that are seriously reaching for the ultimate Partnership...the ability to Know Themselves and Know their Partner...and Life's dynamics.</div>
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Sometimes healing or expanded understanding is reached, and helps strengthen the Bond.</div>
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Along the way, we know this happens. However, begin before the nuptuals and continue afterward to seek ye the Kingdom of Heaven within Ye!!</div>
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It has been too long since my last post, and I hope to become a regular at last. I've been on the road a good deal, all over the USA, with my bumper trailer as home, and car as my trusty steed. It's not so easy "out there..." very costly! There is much to tend to also, and it becomes an arduous chore at times, towing, setting up, breaking down, carrying, maintaining...and it is miraculous, as well...to see the land, to drive open roads where gridlock fades into a less nasty memory. The people one meets! Beautiful, honorable people ... and their dogs and cats, lol...have restored my faith in humanity. <br />
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And always and ever I study, I seek and I find Spiritual nurturance. Today I share this one with you. I have followed Gregg Braden since before I met him at the Prophets Conference in California on my second trip out there in 2003 or so. Gregg has tirelessly sought to prove or disprove spiritual information, indigenous wisdom through science...and he has succeeded well! The following video is a great gift. I hope you will have the patience to make the time to hear/see it in its entirety. I cleaned my kitchen and bookshelves as I listened, and glanced over when there was something to see.<br />
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Have a Blessed Day! Blessed IS!<br />
Rev. Irene Windhorse<br />
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Irene Windhorse ~ Transformational Spiritual Services ~ With Reverence for All Life <br />
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http://www.blogtalkradio.com/iwindhorse/2014/04/27/conversations-with-rev-irene-windhorse-ep2-sunday-blessings<br />
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Sunday Blessings! They cover the whole week, of course...but to focus upon Spirit well ANY day of the week is what keeps us Aligned with the most amazing, wondrous being we can be! <br />
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Beloved Shivamokshananda, Robert C. Sohn, and his Beloved wife, Tina Sohn, my Spiritual Father and Mother, are the Founders of what is now known as “The New York College.” When I found them, after demanding of Spirit that they direct me somewhere for REAL healing, in lieu of allopathy, they were in Manhasset, Long Island, New York. The Wholistic Center/Church of the Realization of the Word of God/Institute for Self Development was a miracle for me!! Body Mind and Spirit were addressed at every turn, and Self-Development was physical and psychospiritual. <br />
Each Sunday I was mesmerized as Shivamokshananda spoke one example after another from cultures all over the world to emphasize the meanings of Life and our part in it...and explained the religious expressions of God and Man.<br />
Grandmaster Tina Sohn had “sight.” She could see a person's wellness or sickness. She brought Amma Therapy to the United States from her native Korea and taught Yoga and Amma to many.<br />
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They have both transitioned, but left a wealth of Grace, Blessing and Knowledge behind...they were in the forefront of the integration of Wholism to Allopathy. Allopathy has been slow to catch up with their wisdom but People like you and I have chosen the benefits and demanded they be made available.<br />
My Gratitude knows no bounds for the personal benefits of health and psychospiritual growth availed to me by these two amazing people.<br />
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Do call in with your comments or to clarify what I say....646-668-8170 I will also open the chat room!!I hope you will call in or join the chat and speak to me!! I welcome your memories or relevant stories and feedback or creative criticisms.<br />
With Love to you and yours, I wish a joyous Sunday!<br />
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Rev Irene Windhorse<br />
I am at your service for Ceremony to speak YOUR heart! Weddings, Handfasting, Memorials, Funerals, Blessings for Baby and Home, Spiritual Conversation to vitalize your Wholeness, private and group meditation. <br />
I work over Skype and in person at your venue. I have officiated small weddings at Windhorse Way on Long Island, NY, and I do travel by plane or with my house trailer. I would be most honored to assist your personal Spiritual or Health needs. <br />
I practice Vibrational Healing as Reiki Master, and through Sound Healing with Singing Bowls, Bells, Chimes and Tuning Forks. I employ Crystals and my wonderful Wisdom of the Earth Flower, Tree and Plant Essences, which I also distribute Independently.<br />
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info@w1ndhorse.com<br />
http://www.w1ndhorse.com <br />
http://www.w1ndhorse.com/uniqueWedding.htm <br />
http://www.w1ndhorse.com/agreatman.html <br />
http://www.w1ndhorse.com/a_great_lady.htm <br />
http://irenewindhorse.blogspot.com/<br />
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Miracle Days show up in rows...or rather, the ability to see the Miracles and connect to them waxes and wanes is more likely! Well, I'm hooked up big-time lately! This morning, preparing for a presentation, I opened randomly several books, and the third one opened to the Perfect Expresson of what I hope to share and enliven in the world. I am going to type it all right here, from Wang Ji Wu, <br />
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spoken at 100 years old...as noted in Xing Yi Nei Gong:<br />
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<b><b>"My own history is from the end of the Qing Dynasty, through the period of the Republic to the People's Republic, already a hundred years. My life has seen its share of ups and downs, times of poverty and hardship, honor and dishonor, the changes of the seasons, all of which have left a deep impression on me. After the founding of the People's Republic, my life became stable, but with the Cultural Revolution, disaster once again overran the country and I was forced out of business. All of these events served as a means of cultivating my spirit, and afforded me the opportunity to practice the "gong fu" of living in the world."<br />
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"One must always maintain a calm heart even when influenced by the seven emotions: joy, anger, happiness, worry, sadness, fear, and surprise. The heart must remain as calm as still water, never allowing any personal desires to stir up a ripple of disturbance. My thoughts are pure, in spirit I seek to forget myself and transcend the common affairs of the world, keeping my life simple and my desires few. With a clear heart, I do not contend with others or make demands upon the world, but rather seek to contribute what I can for the benefit of all, aiding those in need and protecting those in danger.<br />
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"Without desire one is strong, without desire one is quiet, without desire one may return to that which is natural, without desire one returns to the original state. With a heart like still water, from the extreme stillness will spring action, from the void comes that which is alive, yin and yang are in harmony and the qi flows unimpeded. With a heart like still water the qi is sufficient and the spirit full. When the qi is sufficient and the spirit full, the organs function normally, the blood is nourished, the meridians, nerves, digestion and circulation are all healthy and the metabolism stimulated. When the factors which prevent aging are all strong, one may prevent illness and live a long and healthy life.<br />
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"<b>Live an enthusiastic life, serve the public good.</b><br />
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"I ha~~ve traveled the long road of life, experiencing hardship, difficulty and I know the sentiment of man is often as thin as paper. I have seen corruption and those whose only concern is realizing their own desires. Because of this, I have strived even harder to live a practical life, willing to sacrifice even more for the good of the people. After the founding of the Republic, I spent my time working in the streets as a doctor, treating anyone who came to me for help with wholehearted enthusiasm. When one finds happiness in serving others, one will be full of the spirit of life, seeing things as they are with a calm heart. Thus, one may reach the state where the spirit is preserved within, the body is healthy and the spirit full, the intellect wise, decisions made adroitly and reactions made spontaneously. Consequently, the life energy will be strengthened and increased while promoting the health and longevity of the body."<br />
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<b>~~These are the words of Wang Ju Wu at the age of 100: His principles of living a healthy life.</b><br />
and submitted to you, whoever happens upon reading this...because it follows my Tenet of Basic Goodness, and this man so touched my Heart's Knowing when I read this. He speaks my Heart's Mission. Goddess Bless! and Blessed IS!!<br />
With great Respect for all Teachers who have influenced my Path and Evolution; <br />
with Reverence for All Life~Rev Irene Windhorse</b><br />
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Irene Windhorse ~ Transformational Spiritual Servi<strike></strike>ces ~ With Reverence for All LifeRev. Irene Windhorsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06784233906333503346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643016941969496658.post-3841235049396813592014-03-11T10:28:00.001-07:002014-03-11T10:28:14.769-07:00Push Envelope! Follow Energy Flow!Irene Windhorse ~ Transformational Spiritual Services ~ With Reverence for All Life<br />
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Joyous Spring! Gentle temperatures are increasing...soon enough they will be stifling temps...accompanied by Harvest! Berries, fruits, vegetables...so refreshing and rejuvenating!!<br />
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I've been really busy hosting a Blogtalk Radio Show. It's more work than I imagined...I love it! It's like a Gym I go to and work out! My reference books are coming off the shelves...and yes, there are growing stacks all around my broadcasting studio. I have a Purpose to plan my activities around...one that either IS, or simply Resonates with my Dharma; my Life's Work...the business of Creating Wholeness in myself, and of Creating an Arena for Change for others; and seeds of wisdom to contemplate and bring one's own Understanding to.<br />
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Conversations With Windhorse gives me opportunity to hear myself as well as others...I always mention the fascinating ways of our brain, which lights up in various areas whether we are reading, speaking, listening, looking, writing...and so I do believe that hearing one's own voice speaking things that are reminding of, even possibly connecting concepts ... is yet a whole other esoteric dimension. Today while listening back on Conversations With Windhorse/Wholism ... or Rev Windhorse, Basic Goodness...I actually made an esoteric connection with the Jesus and Mary Magdalen ...and the story of annointing Jesus' feet with Spikenard Oil, an Essence that calms the heart and brain, according to Nicholas Culpepper and others. It opens the 5th, 6th and 7th Chakras; the "Higher"...or more realistically more "Heaven-Connected," if you will.<br />
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Seems to me the Magdalen helped Jesus open further to the Greater Understanding that can Survive such a destruction of Body...and to understand that Life Remains, simply changes form...to accept the travesty He was about to face.<br />
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It was on Blogtalk Radio today, March 11, 2014 that I spoke about Aromatherapy and other Vibratory "medicines" and the many levels on which they can help sustain and nurture our Balance and Rejuvenation. Working with subtle energies allows us to enliven them ... perhaps we can all pay a bit more attention to our health and the subtle energies around us...oh, and the not-so-subtle ones. What can we do when obnoxious noises pervade our neighborhood in spring with all the noisy, odiferous machinery doing the work once relegated to quiet gardeners? When I hear the "landscapers" start mowers and blowers, I chant a Tibetan Mantra. <br />
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Alter your diet, try Aromatherapy, get a Chiropractic adjustment, A Meridian Massage, walk in the fresh air while it's still fresh! Prepare ... beyond looking good ... prepare your system for the changes in weather coming our way. Plan on Perfect Health...then enjoy it!<br />
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Blessed IS, Rev. Irene Windhorse<br />
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Put your mind where you WANT to Go...ENERGY FLOWS WHERE ATTENTION GOES!!!<br />
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Good day! As a Reverend, interfaith, nondenominational, and eclectic,I aspire to speak a couple's Beliefs and Traditions and Religions .. attempting to speak their Hearts in ways they wish to communicate with Spirit and their Congregation. Symbols, Saints, Angels that fit the Celebrants' beliefs vary from one Ceremony to another, all in an Effort to portray strength, unity, clarity and empowered Voices to the Passage being Celebrated.<br />
Wholism is a MindBodySpirit issue. So what has that got to do with Marriage?<br />
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In my work, it means a lot! I create custom Ceremonies, whether for marriage or other Life Passages. Even my simple, basic Ceremonies have been carefully thought out and orchestrated with the intention of inspiring ongoing Goodness, Support and Li, or Intention to be built on, in a couple's or family's lives. I say lives...but it is also A LIFE. One Life shared by two and/or many. What I most want for every couple is Communication Skills...Knowledge of one's own Values and Boundaries...a Willingness to be Wrong. How afraid are you to be “Wrong?” Can you expect your Mate to be willing to be Wrong if you despise that state yourself...if you refuse to “look at” yourself? <br />
Being Willing doesn't mean you ARE wrong...it means that you are willing to look at your own part in the problem, and correct what you can in YOU. I encourage all people to reach deep into their awarenesses and bring out the best version of the best they can be, use that as a Li, a Notion...Intent! As an example, early in my life my Mother, who read constantly, explained that my Name is that of the Greek Goddess of Peace. I took that to Heart...I always thought about being peaceful, and I have such a wonderful Example to follow!<br />
I suggest learning all you can about yourself while growing up, then take a chance on choosing a compatible mate that can continue to assist that harmonious state, and you theirs. Be Co-Creators... If you are already in a committed relationship, apply these principles to enhance what you now have.<br />
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Remember! Life is an Ocean, LOVE is a Boat! Build a strong, secure vessel together, agree on the color of paint and name for your craft. Each of you has strengths … coordinate your efforts to guide your boat to every shore you aim for. Keep each other safe and dry!<br />
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Beware of Mutiny; that sly stealthy cloud that appears out of nowhere~~a storm squalling, blowing, rocking and tipping your Craft in raging waters and monstrous waves.<br />
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Prepare to be Lifesavers to each other.<br />
I've been told by friends from India that a man treats his wife like the Goddess...and the wife treats her husband like she would a God. Even guests that come in to their home are considered as though God and Goddess have just entered, and I have had the sweet experience of receiving that attitude. Like a Toros, such attitudes and actions flow back and through and in again to nourish again and again.<br />
I always talk about how Words are Food, and also that there are Foods of Impressions. These are subtle awarenesses you can cultivate...What you hear, think, speak ; what you see...are Food. They create and feed your cells. (Candace Pert says it so well.) Be aware that you are always feeding yourself and your Mate with nourishment...or doses of poison.<br />
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It's my wish to send out the Seeds of Wholism; to inspire young people and those of any age...approach Love by Approaching YourSelf first. Love yourself … for the Higher Qualities you are...and you will attract one who does the same, by virtue of how and where you travel, and choose to visit, and the rate of vibration you are emitting. I'm not inferring that you will draw to you the perfect fairytale mate....though you may~~but what is Perfect anyway? If you are Perfect for each other...then you have found the Perfect Partner!<br />
When we vibrate at a certain rate, we attract others and situations that fit the same vibration...when I treat my Mate with compassion, respect, fun, lovingness...it comes back. This is and energetic LAW, Folks!! It COMES back!!! I've proven this to myself over and over, and in various situations...try it one morning while you prepare to leave your house...if a Toll will have to be driven through; send a big smile to the Toll Taker. Notice if you don't get a smile when you go through, a 'hello,' or a nod...<br />
So okay, this practice it may not return ten thousandfold right off the bat, but certainly the atmosphere of friendliness, comfort and affection increases when more is released into the environment, wouldn't you say? WE are vibratory beings, and we pick up vibrations of love, mistrust, anger and more...the trick is to learn awareness...to monitor oneself...Each of you tending to your own attitudes and emotions helps to bring your BEST Self to your Mate and to the your Union.<br />
Build a strong boat! Have the courage to set out Together...TWO Captains...who are comfortable enough with Self and Mate to play Second Mate when it serves your common Cause.<br />
After the Courting is over...is there a shift or change in the manner you approach each other? Do you continue to exhibit the Grace and Poise..and Coyness that you did when dating? Those little jestures or words; little snugglies....are they as frequent as before, or once a Commitment had been made...did things change slightly...or a lot? Are you feeling fear? Many times a person will realize something's not right...yet, they feel they have invested so much, or … that their partner will change, and tow their line … <br />
I wish you Courage to step up for yourself, to question...to have dialogue; to adjust and test new ways...and I wish enough Self Esteem and Compassion for you and your Partner to walk away if you realize there has been a mistake. <br />
When one door closes, many windows open! Take it slow...look out each window; find the Sunny one, the Breezy one...what do you like about them? Do they sometimes get uncomfortable? What then? Explore all that before you open a new Door!<br />
Harmony takes work! We need to put the right notes and tones together; to sing on key, so it becomes a melody. Then, we add the carefully chosen words to make an uplifting, Top 40s song!! If the words or the melody are discordant, the song will be sad, unhappy, cacophony...and set you off balance. I wish the right Partner for everyone of you! I wish you courage to leave the situation if things continue to be discordant...and that you may open to new experience..and probable success.<br />
If your relationship has been problematic to the point of a breakup, take some time for and with yourself. Partner your Self before you seek out a “Second Half.” Bring a WHOLE Person to the Table, and you will both row your boat straight and strong through any riptide!<br />
When we are whole we are never alone...We are able to see and feel our Spirit and Creator's Spirit and Love.<br />
It would be nice if the sweetness stayed on easily...however, by virtue of entering a New Paradigm...a combined “Life, “ or “Coupledom,”. There is NO way that two or more people living together is ANYthing at ALL like living with one's parents or living alone. How do you each tolerate the situations you WILL face, and the reactions you each will have?? Are you ready to be Supportive, to learn new things, sometimes to step aside...are you able to accept your Partner's Help and to give yours?<br />
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WHAT are your Boundaries for your Root Family in regards to yourself, your home and Mate and Children? What if any demands will you allow them to put on you, now that you have a Spouse or Partner? Identify your Boundaries that exist in regard to your Mate, as well. Yes, I say you have some. There must be boundaries if one is to Know where they stand and for what. The goal is to form a relationship of Standing Together...and it takes Work to achieve it.<br />
When a marriage or any Partnership is based on mutual respect, actual partnership and equality, it will be a solid "institution!" However to be a solid “Heaven,” it needs Compatability. COMPATABILITY. How much do you have in Common? How much do the Differences Matter?<br />
What will you do together for entertainment? Are you on the Same Wavelength as to Humor, and of how many Kids you want, and how to raise your Children? Do you agree? How much sleep do you need? How late do you go to bed and arise? Are you Compatable? If not...how much are you willing to Compromise?? Compromise, I think, is crucial to Communication, however there has to be powerful meeting places...Unity in many areas. What do you want? Can you decide to adjust so you get mostly what you want and your Mate gets what s/he mostly wants...sometimes one needs to insure there is only one Choir talking in one's head...the din...is deafening already from one Paradigm from one whining voice spouting its own rheumanations! <br />
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Compromise, Commitment, Compassion, Compatability, Consideration … they CREATE Productive Communication!<br />
How serious are you about Committing to everything that will be part of the Life Each of you Wants... and how will you Provide that for yourselves and your children if you have then?<br />
The best time to ask yourself the tough questions is before committing. Honesty to Self...Honesty to the Beloved. Honesty is a great gift that Simplifies Life and allows for far greater time in Enjoyment and Achievement and can build a rock solid relationship. <br />
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Then there comes a time when off the Tribe goes...off to school, a playdate, off to High School, College...into a job, or military. Now the Paradigm slides into its next Change. You are two people again. If you are able to be compatible, this is the perfect time to explore, grow and discover more together...to help each other grow into even higher Vibration...to enjoy your Family in a new way...to bring to your Grandchildren benefits of all you've learned that might not have been available to your Awareness when you had your own Children at home.<br />
I am picking apart this reality so we can take a close look at what's going on. Too many people have raced off into Matrimony or living together only to become disenchanted when they realize their boundaries get crossed and they don't know what to do. If one is inauthentic, unwilling to assert for oneself...defensiveness can sprout and grow into resentment and off we go.<br />
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Think of how many more joyful couples and children can walk this Earth when we take ourselves and the act of Partnering seriously enough to build careful foundations of honoring Life, Self and each other!<br />
What am I asking you to do? Get to know yourselves...encourage your children to become self-assured, confident, with high self-esteem tempered with compassion. <br />
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Get to know your VALUES and Boundaries. Evaluate. RE-valuate. Teach your children to to this!<br />
Get to know the person you're attracted to and observe how you work and play together...how loving, kind and sincere does the relationship feel? <br />
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We have some choice these days to get to know our Hearthrob well before making commitments. If we first understand ourselves and what we want, we always make better choices. I say, bottom line, know what you like, what Boundaries you have, what you expect, and what your Mate expects and will tolerate. Must there be toleration? Yes, and always within some scope of Reason...Be it harm None...in All Things!! I am not suggesting someone stay in a stressful, life-draining situation. I suggest that every person deserves to live happily and abundantly...happiness begets abundance.<br />
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Build your Boat carefully right from the start, with the best wood, with hand-hewn Pegs that will swell with the tides and keep your vessel tight,waterproof....and afloat for the duration of your Journey!!<br />
I wish for you the most wonderful Relationships and Unions! <br />
As a Reverend, I feel very responsible for the joining of two people. I want to feel and be Successful! Your Success is MY success!!<br />
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I send you Love, White Light, Angel Wings All Around! <br />
With Love to you, I am Reverend Irene Windhorse at your service for Ceremony, Spiritual Council, private and group Meditations, and Energy Healing. If I can help in any way, it is my Privilege and Honor.<br />
Choose through the Wisdom of your Heart, Abode of Spiritmind.<br />
With Love to You, Reverend Irene Windhorse<br />
my Website is www.w1ndhorse.com <br />
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You may comment on my Blogtalk Radio Profile at … you may even be able to my radio blogs, if BTR's glitches get fixed. <br />
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/iwindhorse<br />
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"You are very opinionated," I've been told.... That, by a really good friend of lasting roots. It's a key reason why we've been friends for so long...we believe in honesty. How uncomfortable is it when a family member or friend is telling you everything's great when you know it's not...when you can feel "something." Alas, but one is at a loss when dealing with Kings and Queens of De-nial!!! <br />
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Because I trust my friend and understand that comments are not made in haste or anger, but simply based on facts...as my friend...and I...see them, I ponder comments from such a person. Ponder I have, for some months now... The immediate understanding was, "Yes...I surely am!!" Now, how to clean up and send those opinions always in the right direction...like Sherlock, or Inspector Moss or Charlie Crews!! <br />
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As a young person I was terrified of being opinionated. Now, in my Autumn...or Winter years...I realize that my opinions are how I process truths...and people who speak honestly to us help us to discern how on track we are.<br />
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I also find that I have fun with some of my opinionated ways...I get to laugh at myself a lot these days...could it be a letting go process? Seeing myself as the ridiculous buffoon when I rant and want my way?<br />
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Here comes the Year of the Green Wood Horse ~ January 31, 2014<br />
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Have you ever wondered where these names come from? They have correlation to the Five Elements in Traditional Chinese Medicine, and to Astrology. The Horse is historically a sign of power, and the Tibetan Wind Horse has the Power of Basic Goodness. A horse charges forth into life...willing to face the wind.<br />
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The Five-Element Cycle describes Wood as feeding or CREATING Fire...begetting Earth...Earth fostering Metal, and Metal creating Water...Water then begets Wood and the Cycle of Creation continues. There is a devolving Cycle as well; aspects of which are also affecting all we do.<br />
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Wood is associated with green since it puts forth green leaves, flowers, fruits...a green and growing thing. Wood is the element of Spring and green, the color of Healing and of the Heart. When I practice Reiki, I see a neon green. <br />
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Fire creates new earth, and so has a favorable relationship with it. Therefore, fire following wood is a sign of Luck and Success for the year, especially for those born in the Year of the Horse. It's a good time to create new "earth" for ourselves! This year, Fodder is given for bountiful harvest!<br />
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It could have been a red horse; red more readily associated with fire...but being a Lucky Green Wood Horse Time means that we are speaking of Wood's creation of Fire rather than fire's ability to burn wood...so red fits. Yet, it's even a blue horse that describes the Wood Horse Year! Blue associated with Water, which nourishes wood, and can extinguish fire...Balance is brought to bear by every symbol. <br />
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When the nuances are understood in Oriental philosophies, there is an amazing wealth of meaning! I'll be back to unwrap this a little further...might you have some knowledge to share on the marvelous deductive ways we can See our Universe in ourselves?<br />
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https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10202064782996094.1073741833.1082509337&type=3Rev. Irene Windhorsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06784233906333503346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643016941969496658.post-84228354955733943842011-03-29T11:13:00.001-07:002020-08-17T05:33:29.105-07:00Peace...From Where? <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Bcu0S3IzNmWQhbxa6cNeDTmeGO1sdfU_67dDZlyD8VqziXuX8ebeJPV_L3bHv3iUtGIBrHgRXqyT5P4ySAkEQqlpeUptkO45ch7q15USG8y_wvjiUkpVZXNcTjfgrCc9BTztVaGpRpbC/s789/IMG_E2585.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Bcu0S3IzNmWQhbxa6cNeDTmeGO1sdfU_67dDZlyD8VqziXuX8ebeJPV_L3bHv3iUtGIBrHgRXqyT5P4ySAkEQqlpeUptkO45ch7q15USG8y_wvjiUkpVZXNcTjfgrCc9BTztVaGpRpbC/s640/IMG_E2585.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYAImlQmE2657FbZ8uVOnFjLXd6iw40eRcgkkQYZPDbbZFkE2zyfNL8HgipdO3ChndPEpQLKGNPFVbcrPQBc024J1k5GsDNlqs79TqJtVAyYwuq4IyKuFVrDUf7Ug2gdERj6tdRE3zKvSb/s798/IMG_E2588.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="749" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYAImlQmE2657FbZ8uVOnFjLXd6iw40eRcgkkQYZPDbbZFkE2zyfNL8HgipdO3ChndPEpQLKGNPFVbcrPQBc024J1k5GsDNlqs79TqJtVAyYwuq4IyKuFVrDUf7Ug2gdERj6tdRE3zKvSb/s640/IMG_E2588.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1uiOxTuMAO1tDl9J783N1s2zS15YN5XY-xHcm4VH63IOaIKw60_jKgsLZz6r41JGvaXRfMevw89-Y0pZlis30ETqvBpSKzLJuKDK585YhV9PHv7dS7rdjyLNchsTDDk1OlLu4fKC-EQYa/s450/WholeWorld_inHand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1uiOxTuMAO1tDl9J783N1s2zS15YN5XY-xHcm4VH63IOaIKw60_jKgsLZz6r41JGvaXRfMevw89-Y0pZlis30ETqvBpSKzLJuKDK585YhV9PHv7dS7rdjyLNchsTDDk1OlLu4fKC-EQYa/s0/WholeWorld_inHand.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnG5ntT9cp9f2PEtEeOyDC9VeNMUAij9Add7FT_pHagqNWrbCvTmscXvfjTgSgpiWPDdNfRjnFsMGQohKpekOVuBHD4obCr-AAJ5PtX9NTBSXX3et_a8lFXYkrQtzbCmni4jVv0nxlmhrD/s500/Y-Y_sunset.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnG5ntT9cp9f2PEtEeOyDC9VeNMUAij9Add7FT_pHagqNWrbCvTmscXvfjTgSgpiWPDdNfRjnFsMGQohKpekOVuBHD4obCr-AAJ5PtX9NTBSXX3et_a8lFXYkrQtzbCmni4jVv0nxlmhrD/s0/Y-Y_sunset.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Hi, it's been a hugely lonnnng time since I've said 'hello...'<br />
There is much these days to Avert Attention...my stars; one tragedy after the other; threats of more coming~infringements on security, citizens' rights, purity of food and energy...the debate on 2012...<br />
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As I've repeatedly told Couples...Unless both Partners are Working on themselves...it can be choppy to downright rocky...and in the World, Peace will come out of the Eventual Willingness and Determination of Humans to Monitor themselves, and chip, and polish, and trim a bit here and there on their own Egos...and I mean capital “E” Ego as BIG Ego; the one that likes to push ahead of everyone else in a crowd...the one that will ride the right highway lane down to the light, or construction crew...then cause more of a traffic jam for everyone while it noses and jockies it's way back into the lane to be first when the line of traffic is ready to move adding to some traveller's time, 5-20 minutes more...or more! <br />
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I was once one of those...30-40years ago; then I stopped to consider the dynamics of each such action. After a long time of people doing that, I got miffed, and over the years, downright angry...so I started doing it too, to beat out whoever I could...and when it had been done to me enough times, I stopped to consider the buildup of time that acrued while one car waiting to let one or two cars into a locked line of traffic...progressing up the line...how unfair, I realized; embarrassed, I began Working On Myself Harder...<br />
Being patient in the first place when traffic stops and goes; that takes Work....<br />
and being patient with that person who just jumped the line; or is trying to get past you...that's downright TOUGH...yet, that's where we have to go to break the Paradigm of Pain, Fear and Discomfort. I mean … it's so much more satisfying... isn't it? To send expletives in a torrent of explosive gamma rays... IS it really more satisfying? For it surely is not Productive... so...can I get Satisfaction?<br />
Still Workin' on it...but I've realized that Living in the Satisfaction is much more Appealing....And it “Delivers!” <br />
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Funny thing about that Big Ego, though...when it has the Opportunity to be around Sensible, Calm, Rational, Expansive, Compassionate, Encompassing of Life; Controlling Only Self...soon the True Essence of Quiet Joy, Resilient Satisfaction, penetrates and nurtures Being...Once one has known that Joyous place...they want to stay there....yet it is a process of letting go the familiar; even if painful, even that eliciting anger...the Big Ego holds on, because it is Familiar... and admitting to being an out-of-control idiot is far more 'embarrassing' until one learns that only by going through that Walk of Fire will the Freedom come. Ego knows how to handle this situation, it thinks...yet until the Way to Peace (that Work on Self) begins, a person doesn't realize that they've been running the same circuit...laying the same plans...making the same argument; using the same words...or deception, or physical force....and getting the same disappointing results. <br />
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To Bring Harmony to Self and the World, <br />
BE HARMONY<br />
BE HARMONY<br />
BE HARMONY<br />
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Ongoing Effort...<br />
<br />
”I Am the Change I Want to See in the Universe.” ('my' Gandhi)<br />
I am Safe as I Change; <br />
Considering Options Open to Me<br />
Choosing Actions that lead to my Ease, Evolution, and Elation.<br />
Enjoying the Glory that Spirit Creator meant for me to Enjoy; the Sweetness Creator had left for me, as a “Banquet Table laid before me...”<br />
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Have you ever wondered why no one has yet composed verses for each Season of our Weather out of those songs that so inspire by their melody, beat...unique tempre? That Christmas Song that you only hear in the Yule Season; yet you find yourself humming the melody in June, and realizing a great Contentment and Elation throughout your Being...We should hear those songs more Often; Very Often...these are medicine. New Verses to Old Classics!!!<br />
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Musak and Canned Music and whatever you want to call it is affecting you every day...Seek sounds that Nourish you...it may vary; one kind of sound now...anther later...the Importance is in Affording yourself the Ability toward Discernment. As any skill, muscle, etc; without Practice, no skill in Discernment...no Epitamy of Achievement, Sense of Success and Self-Esteem. So if you choose a song/album/station and you begin to notice a sort-of dark kind of feeling in stomach, solar plexus, shoulders; feeling different in the room and your body...if it's a good, sunny feeling, GO with it! If not; courageously speak up, change the choice, or move to a place where the sounds are pleasant.<br />
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Love to you,<br />
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Irene Windhorse ~ Transformational Spiritual Services ~ With Reverence for All LifeRev. Irene Windhorsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06784233906333503346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643016941969496658.post-42255809961410516152011-03-29T10:32:00.001-07:002020-08-17T05:35:56.068-07:00BEing Peace~Ending War in Every WayHi, it's been a hugely lonnnng time since I've said 'hello...'<br />
There is much these days to Avert Attention...my stars; one tragedy after the other; threats of more coming~infringements on security, citizens' rights, purity of food and energy...the debate on 2012...<br />
<br />
As I've repeatedly told Couples...Unless both Partners are Working on themselves...it can be choppy to downright rocky...and in the World, Peace will come out of the Eventual Willingness and Determination of Humans to Monitor themselves, and chip, and polish, and trim a bit here and there on their own Egos...and I mean capital “E” Ego as BIG Ego; the one that likes to push ahead of everyone else in a crowd...the one that will ride the right highway lane down to the light, or construction crew...then cause more of a traffic jam for everyone while you it noses and jockies it's way back into the lane to be first when the line of traffic is ready to move adding to some traveller's time, 5-20 minutes more...or more! <br />
<br />
I was once one of those...30-40years ago; then I stopped to consider the dynamics of each such action. When people would do that, I got miffed, and over the years, downright angry...so I started doing it too, to beat out whoever I could...and when I stopped to consider the buildup of time that waiting to let one or two cars into a locked line of traffic...as it progressed up the line...how unfair, I realized; embarrassed, I began Working On Myself Harder...<br />
being patient in the first place when traffic stops and goes; that takes Work....<br />
and being patient with that person who just jumped the line; or is trying to get past you...that's downright TOUGH...yet, that's where we have to go to break the Paradigm of Pain, Fear and Discomfort. I mean … it's so much more satisfying... isn't it? To send expetives in a torrent of explosive loudness... IS it really more satisfying? For it surely is not Productive... so...can I get Satisfaction?<br />
Still Workin' on it...but I've realized that Living in the Satisfaction is much more Appealing....And it “Delivers!”<br />
<br />
Funny thing about that Big Ego, though...when it has the Opportunity to be around Sensible, Calm, Rational, Expansive, Compassionate, Encompassing of Life; Controlling Only Self...soon the True Essence of Quiet Joy, Resilient Satisfaction, penetrates and nurtures Being...Once one has known that Joyous place...they want to stay there....yet it is a process of letting go the familiar; even if painful the Big Ego holds on, because it is Familiar. Ego knows how to handle this, it thinks...yet until the Way to Peace (that Work on Self) begins, a person doesn't realize that they've been running the same circuit...they've been saying the same words...making the same argument; using the same words...or deception, or physical force. <br />
<br />
To Bring Harmony to Self and the World, <br />
BE HARMONY<br />
BE HARMONY<br />
BE HARMONY<br />
<br />
Ongoing Effort...<br />
<br />
”I Am the Change I Want to See in the Universe.” ('my' Gandhi)<br />
I am Safe as I Change; <br />
Considering Options Open to Me<br />
Choosing Actions that lead to my Ease, Evolution, and Elation.<br />
Enjoying the Glory that Spirit Creator meant for me to Enjoy; the Sweetness Creator had left for me, as a “Table laid before me...”<br />
<br />
<br />
Have you ever wondered why no one has yet composed verses for each Season of our Weather out of those songs that so inspire by their melody, beat...unique tempre? That Christmas Song that you only hear in the Yule Season; yet you find yourself humming the melody in June, and realizing a great Contentment and Elation throughout your Being...We should hear those songs more Often; Very Often...these are medicine.<br />
<br />
Musak and Canned Music and whatever you want to call it is affecting you every day...Seek sounds that Nourish you...it may vary; one kind of sound now...anther later...the Importance is in Affording yourself the Ability toward Discernment. As any skill, muscle, etc; without Practice, no skill in Discernment...no Epitamy of Achievement, Sense of Success and Self-Esteem. So if you choose a song/album/station and you begin to notice a sort-of dark kind of feeling in stomach, solar plexus, shoulders; feeling different in the room and your body...if it's a good, sunny feeling, GO with it! If not; courageously speak up, change the choice, or move to a place where the sounds are pleasant.<br />
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TO YOUR HEALTH<br />
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Reiki<br />
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Flu Notes<br />
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Aromatherapy<br />
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Nature's Pharmacy<br />
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Can the Body Heal Itself?<br />
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Nuclear Waste Compromises Health<br />
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What is Health Without a Home?<br />
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Food Chain<br />
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Above are links to some of my webpages that I think are worth reviewing as we begin afresh in 2011...the "2011_to_yourHealth" link will take you to their totality.<br />
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Interesting how those links made a Tree shape...today, the Winter Solstice; the Yule Tree such a symbol. May these links bloom for you into more and more wisdom for the good of your physiologies of body, mind and spirit! May the esoteric pine cones inherent in this tree burst to shower their fertile pinolata far and wide throughout the Universe, to bring full Wisdom and Self-Healing/Nurturing and Self-Motivating, all Sentient Beings, of which our Mother Gaia is one.<br />
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CONCEPTUAL CONSIDERATIONS<br />
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The Golden Guru...archetypically a human's Higher Self, or qualities that can acumulate into Grace, Knowing, and Peace.<br />
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From the stance of the Golden One, energy can be perceived in it's movements and blockages. The Golden One is no better than "you," s/he simply has more refined abilities from more acute Perceptive Organs...and the Golden One IS you; or the driving 'force' of you/your personality, and physicality. The Toros, an enery flow that circulates through a human from Above/the "Heavens," and "Below," the Earth...can be felt ... and if not physically felt, can be imagined, encouraged, focused on...when something/one is recognized enough...it begins to recognize the observer.<br />
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Cultivate the ability to know the flow of Neutral, Loving, Innocent Energy rising toward and upward through your feet to beyond the Crown Chakra...and that same Pristine, Vital, Living Energy is flowing down toward and into and through and outside your physiology.<br />
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They meet. Being in Flow, they whirl, mix and redirect themselves to the outside of the body where they circulate and return back into the astral and physical bodies.<br />
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Shiva and Shakti, the Shekinah...the Ida and Pingala, duality of All Things... shows me so strongly how the duality must remain a part of the human, until s/he achieves a state of living soley from his/her Golden One. At that time density of energy is refined, lighter than before...able to permeate further and deeper because it may even be invisible, it is so light.<br />
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Sprinkle the stars; create them with whatever twinkle you can locate; spread them, enlarge them...fill all things with Light as best you can. No need for hurry; focus, stability and balance are premium.<br />
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With Love to You Precious Lifeforms in the Astronomical gala of wonders and amazements! I AM ANOTHER YOU! I VOTE YOUR VICTORY!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhZdeZejJBsJpS4blP3-n5JI6lqBGeRm8Kno8uf_7BauhMuH7q8wimfGxQiYPps3PjvJvFtpGa0Fz-sQtc_R5U7hXNoZ26mkGe_ZqoqwX-b4OpiT-BDerWSUmM2W7GzVQ-nX4EFagGPF-T/s461/graceful.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="461" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhZdeZejJBsJpS4blP3-n5JI6lqBGeRm8Kno8uf_7BauhMuH7q8wimfGxQiYPps3PjvJvFtpGa0Fz-sQtc_R5U7hXNoZ26mkGe_ZqoqwX-b4OpiT-BDerWSUmM2W7GzVQ-nX4EFagGPF-T/s0/graceful.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7aNl0qm7yuXMvJTA8-PJXnUUNzup98XwtbsE4_Edlsj8q3h_HAtSi1bcTUcpJPMqqMdS-cWCJsOSxsYt8Hc3ITPVNyhzCx6AHpELnZ-RRzQI4iE_MWWsf9X5li3N8CFoQIqPfybOrgEN/s604/sunsetHorse+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="604" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7aNl0qm7yuXMvJTA8-PJXnUUNzup98XwtbsE4_Edlsj8q3h_HAtSi1bcTUcpJPMqqMdS-cWCJsOSxsYt8Hc3ITPVNyhzCx6AHpELnZ-RRzQI4iE_MWWsf9X5li3N8CFoQIqPfybOrgEN/s0/sunsetHorse+%25282%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Rev. Irene Windhorsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06784233906333503346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643016941969496658.post-47975676479969735202010-03-12T10:59:00.000-08:002020-08-17T05:45:23.942-07:00Life and Relationships<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9DWyFsGi8cRXwmcwJmEYR2MX8rsQiXC1Z_O_owQyuCSuHrffuDXf4gfjVhmOct_WHYt-BhvRRQL_VJDhKF4Bf33hoGJJHr9rWce4YYJ3VYLuTA1-sBxLSQEFmh7keFbU9-2UQsVW7vRA6/s1600-h/life.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447827565734928434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9DWyFsGi8cRXwmcwJmEYR2MX8rsQiXC1Z_O_owQyuCSuHrffuDXf4gfjVhmOct_WHYt-BhvRRQL_VJDhKF4Bf33hoGJJHr9rWce4YYJ3VYLuTA1-sBxLSQEFmh7keFbU9-2UQsVW7vRA6/s200/life.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 200px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 160px;" /></a></div><style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --></style><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">LIFE...It's Yours To Make</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Dedicated to all those who suffer in relationships they know are dysfunctional, feel miserable, and are unable to walk away to allow new opportunities in their lives and the lives of the other.
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</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">How Do We “Forgive and Forget” While Remembering </span></span> </p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">What We Need To Do To Protect O</span></span><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">urselves From Abusive Relationships</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Holding a grudge, anger or disappointment is like taking poison and expecting someone else to die. It's pretty well accepted that we need to “let go.” Forgi</span></span><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">veness is the greatest thing we </span></span><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">can give to others, and even greater to ourselves. To every good lesson learned, however, there is alwa</span></span><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">ys a downside, or what we perceive as a downside. This is, after all, a world of Duality.</span></span>
</p><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">The best way to stop a rumor is to refuse to repeat it. The best way to stop abuse is to refuse to participate in it. W</span></span><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">e do need to remember how the abuse starts an</span></span><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">d manifests.</span></span>
<span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">So what to do, when the abuser is someone we love very much? What to do, when it seems they've “seen the light,” and “mended their ways?” Think about it. By the time that has happened, </span></span><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">haven't you been back to take yet another and another round of abuse?</span></span> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> Haven't yo</span></span><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">u used every excuse on their behalf? You've understood </span></span><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">their pain, Compassionately, you've embraced them again with your heart bursting with love. “Let's go on from here,” you thought...until the demeaning words and insults about things that are so important to you began to flow again. Irrational blaming and assaults of anger darken your days and you are miserable. Perhaps th</span></span><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">ere's cheating; covert romances that impinge on your time together, perhaps cancel your dates, or find your mate missing for hours, a night or more. Perhaps they don't answer the phone for you, and then it is </span></span><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">a curt reply and aggressive tones imposing your lack of trust or patience.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">“<span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">I'm confused again,” you say....”What should I do?” “How can I help her/him?” “I don't want to suffer anymore.” Indeed, that's the first cl</span></span><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">ue...are you suffering in this relationship? Is that what you think a relationship should bring to you? Are you under the impression that “That's All There IS?” Unfortunately our society has become one that quips about the “dark side” of marriage, pits men against women and v</span></span><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">ice verse...and jokes about expecting no more from women or men but the worst. With this mindset, our youth grow up thinking that's how “it is.” “S/he's out to get me and I just have to duck when the garbage hits the fan.” An abused person begins to think that “That's all there is.” “Accept it or have nothing.” “This is the prize, and this is the price I must pay for it.”</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Why?</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">When one considers all the good in life, one can guide their actions and refine their values to include the self-worth they've been denying. If you're standing on the tr</span></span><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">ain tracks with a l</span></span><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">ocomotive coming at you...wouldn't you </span></span><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">quickly run off the tracks?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">If a relationship has 'gone wrong,' thefirst thing to do is look at how you are abusing yourself by staying in the situation and allowing mud to be slung all over you. YOU need to take responsibility! Forcing someone else to take responsibility is impossible! Strong words? Indeed, if repeated at</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI_uVIazqjwazJzJTQnVyJiBFXKrzDnrtthrrOJ0L2Dko5jDyA_OF1IxK6AZh_FLinmy14dB1aAgNNUa4GtiKarNCjRVtxkK4yXR9lbtHOQ0WNMQTOhdlaUpNQGCj5OwcRf_XnNUTfAoBU/s1600-h/castleKeep.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447829872172598978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI_uVIazqjwazJzJTQnVyJiBFXKrzDnrtthrrOJ0L2Dko5jDyA_OF1IxK6AZh_FLinmy14dB1aAgNNUa4GtiKarNCjRVtxkK4yXR9lbtHOQ0WNMQTOhdlaUpNQGCj5OwcRf_XnNUTfAoBU/s320/castleKeep.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 237px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 180px;" /></a><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">tempts at pleasing another have yielded no harm</span></span><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">ony, the next thing to do is realize you must be your own Knight in Shining Armor. Stand at the ga</span></span><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">teof your own Castle. Decide what </span></span><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">comforts that Castle needs, and craft them within yourself.
</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Boundaries must be set. What would fulfill you? Which friends exhibit relationships that comfort and satisfy you? Take a lesson from that. Those are the things you need in your intimate relationship...that is what you deserve to expect from your Significant Other. How can we imagine that we deserve any less than the love we give? If you have no one in your life that personifies peace and love...look outside your life. Observe people you see that are smiling and visibly enjoy each other and the activities they participate in. Truthfully, instead of looking for a new love interest...the first responsible thing to do is make your own self your love interest. Take the hand of your Child Within, and promise to protect her/him...take him/her </span></span><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">out to the park...for a walk on the beach...on an “Artist Date,” as Julia Cameron would say. Find out what makes YOU tick. What brings you joy that causes giggles to erupt from your depths? Can you remember all the times you pasted a brave smile on your face? How did that feel inside? Did that correct the situation? IS IT WORKING FOR YOU??</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Life is not w</span></span><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">ork! Life is automatic! I'm not talking about “making a living.” We have Autonomic Nervous Systems...they keep us alive. Automatically. We never have to think, “Okay, heart, beat now. Lungs, inflate now...empty now...inflate again...okay, time to empty.” All this and more happens for us. That is how automatic LIFE is.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">The Source of Life is JOY...The Creator, God, Goddess, Allah, Yaweh...want us to enjoy life. This is the Great Lesson. To give ourselves contentme</span></span><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">nt...then it will automatically spill over to others...and one day, a connection will begin to build into a LOVING relationship.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">So, what to do about this love that has gone wrong? That Knight in Shining Armor needs to unsheath her/his double-edged sword every time the impulse to </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFFNbOzhzaLNgiET_jyKAqmPUTp9WalU_72GivJN_6pFM3a_kDZ34feyDaAdVd9z-36LK2iJAJBgbVJLcnxiy2sMaSKVo8r3__PzHeBpPUFgVKovan9LAOxwRnzm5Xcx5FHRA53_oMHFzH/s1600-h/dblEdge.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447831319391272018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFFNbOzhzaLNgiET_jyKAqmPUTp9WalU_72GivJN_6pFM3a_kDZ34feyDaAdVd9z-36LK2iJAJBgbVJLcnxiy2sMaSKVo8r3__PzHeBpPUFgVKovan9LAOxwRnzm5Xcx5FHRA53_oMHFzH/s200/dblEdge.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 179px;" /></a><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">return and “try again” begins to emerge. One side of the sword is forgiveness...it severs one's self-destructive inattention to the facts. The other side of the sword severs the chains that encompass your space. Peace must return to the“land.”</span></span></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">“<span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">I can't turn my back on him/her,” you say. Can you really afford to continue turning your back on yourself? Have you considered the toll all the stress takes on your mind, body and emotions? That indigestion? Painful bloating? Shaking? Inability to sleep? Colds? Flu? Practice championing yourself, and see how much of that goes away...</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Be Mindful of hurting another...it is a very sharp two-edged sword. An abuser will accuse you of being “mean,” “thoughtless,” “never helping.” Logic and Memory are your tools. Who did what? An abuser tries to turn the tables; that's why conversation even becomes off limits...being in the same location becomes off limits. Subjecting oneself to the abuser's tactics might result in reactions that are insulting or violent...don't become the abuser that emerges from the victim. The way to avoid that is to choose to </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">be the Champion.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhybfuHvtl0xnTae-SHRJE2RrzF16IK6YOtq9KXPUSe4PUu7CTrYsdEQ5yR6jX_8qUDA_xSD0VuJ2RD2lvYbmw9tgO2dZmeIf2jSOLdiWFuC_iszpbbVPGsl8FXGaTZtBANoLtOGW9njLeH/s1600-h/ani_spiral.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447826214236833042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhybfuHvtl0xnTae-SHRJE2RrzF16IK6YOtq9KXPUSe4PUu7CTrYsdEQ5yR6jX_8qUDA_xSD0VuJ2RD2lvYbmw9tgO2dZmeIf2jSOLdiWFuC_iszpbbVPGsl8FXGaTZtBANoLtOGW9njLeH/s200/ani_spiral.gif" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 48px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 48px;" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Forgive the abuser's ignorance while realizing the spiral you and they have been repeating. Remember that you (and they...but they can only give it to themselves) deserve the best! It is our Birthright to be happy, respected and honored. That begins by respecting and honoring ourselves. It requires disallowing abuse to be rained on us. Would you choose a snarling dog for a pet, or a friendly one?</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Accepting that we are NOT the one capable of inspiring grace and willingness to work on a relationship in our chosen person is very difficult. When that can be accepted, however, we open our playing field to someone who is playing the same game. Relationships are work. They require compromise... What part of compromise sounds like being an underdog? Compromise may include “agreeing to disagree...” which is based on and fraught with respect.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">It takes great strength of character to champion oneself, and the hidden Goodness in that is that you champion the abuser as well...by removing their target, there is opportunity for them to see the error of their ways. Until they decide to do that, no one can do it for them! In the least, you begin to heal your own life. Whole, healed people radiate Peace and quiet Joy that touches others with healing. Somewhere down the line, a person you needed to “turn your back on” may come into Wholeness and Happiness too...they can never do that while you continue to be their punching bag and deny them the emptiness that can be filled with new Understanding.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Please notice...nowhere in this discourse have I said, “Trust Me!” You need to Trust Yourself! Feel the feelings in your body...if you feel like crying, let yourself cry. Then begin to look at what is and has hurt you. Begin to remove those factors from your life. If they issue from a person, speak up for yourself. Define and assert...redefine and reassert your Boundaries. Inwardly we all want to be bound-LESS...that means being released, untied, unbound from tethers to heartbreak.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">The example...the Archetype you set for yourself becomes one others can be inspired by as well. This is the true responsibility of each human being...to perceive and activate the best in Humanity.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="color: black;"><i>FIVE FINGER PRAYER...a useful tool:</i></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
</p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: "bernhard modern", serif;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="color: black;"><i>1. </i></span><span style="color: #8000ff;"><i><u>Your thumb</u></i></span><span style="color: black;"><i><b> </b></i></span><span style="color: black;"><i>is nearest you. So begin your prayers by praying for those closest to you. They are the easiest to remember. To pray for our loved ones is, as C. S. Lewis once said, a "sweet duty."
2. The </i></span><span style="color: #8000ff;"><i><u>next finger</u></i></span><span style="color: black;"><i> is the pointing finger. Pray for those who teach, instruct and heal. This includes teachers, doctors, and ministers. They need support and wisdom in pointing others in the right direction. Keep them in your prayers.
3. The </i></span><span style="color: #8000ff;"><i><u>next finger</u></i></span><span style="color: black;"><i> is the tallest finger. It reminds us of our leaders. Pray for the president, leaders in business and industry, and administrators. These people shape our nation and guide public opinion. They need God's guidance.
4. The </i></span><span style="color: #8000ff;"><i><u>fourth finger</u></i></span><span style="color: black;">! </span><span style="color: black;"><i>is our ring finger. Surprising to many is the fact that this is our weakest finger; as any piano teacher will testify. It should remind us to pray for those who are weak, in trouble or in pain. They need your prayers day and night. You cannot pray too much for them.
5. And lastly comes our </i></span><span style="color: #8000ff;"><i><u>little finger</u></i></span><span style="color: red;"><i>;</i></span><span style="color: #8000ff;"><i> </i></span><span style="color: black;"><i>the smallest finger of all which is where we should place ourselves in relation to God and others. As the Bible says, "The least shall be the greatest among you." Your pinkie should remind you to pray for yourself. By the time you have prayed for the other four groups, your own needs will be put into proper perspective and you will be able to pray for yourself more effectively.</i></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;">
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Irene Windhorse
~ Transformational Spiritual Services ~ With Reverence for All Life</div>Rev. Irene Windhorsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06784233906333503346noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643016941969496658.post-49365066623543255902010-03-05T05:40:00.000-08:002010-03-05T07:14:18.481-08:00Creating Your Wedding of a Lifetime<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh668yF6d5d60ayk2Z_6ApYW8ku4vHTFvrpEjTcvP_LjLMsshSBTQqR4l_kiausqK5kt_l9PQ2-l16CCfUnww2ATckJVQdTBcBp35hXEfLuq1oAvAfTUZ-M6tS-oQ_dRjTJad_C57cCsjvT/s1600-h/DSCF1015.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh668yF6d5d60ayk2Z_6ApYW8ku4vHTFvrpEjTcvP_LjLMsshSBTQqR4l_kiausqK5kt_l9PQ2-l16CCfUnww2ATckJVQdTBcBp35hXEfLuq1oAvAfTUZ-M6tS-oQ_dRjTJad_C57cCsjvT/s200/DSCF1015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445153580320981170" border="0" /></a>A blog is all about the author's opinions, and of course this one is about mine. However, I'm sure just about every member of the Clergy agrees that the communication and planning of a Wedding Day is a crucial part of a couple's future together as a couple. We've all hear<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio1W4qPLZ6PklKKJtENRAHsI-a9Bc4wJuAErLAottKFGX4gyauWdgkCF7hgM7wUW3XLzOICdqWW0PmTPyk4whAE6HWQAr-EffAM11LON4_vGClkPzWfHHUugyTtOVFcpku5WGp9FF9hOrQ/s1600-h/619888zqg202ssdr.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 167px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio1W4qPLZ6PklKKJtENRAHsI-a9Bc4wJuAErLAottKFGX4gyauWdgkCF7hgM7wUW3XLzOICdqWW0PmTPyk4whAE6HWQAr-EffAM11LON4_vGClkPzWfHHUugyTtOVFcpku5WGp9FF9hOrQ/s200/619888zqg202ssdr.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445163351550182242" border="0" /></a>d of Bridezilla by now; and too often of the Groom who resigns himself to no opinion, so as to avoid "making waves." Can you see the pattern that emerges out of that?<br /><br />I prefer that a couple sit down with me a number of times before their ceremony to speak their hearts and hopefully ascertain if they truly are headed for a successful marriage. And what IS a successful marriage? Of course, there will be rocky areas, and stressful times. Creating the Nuptuals themselves is stressful for most couples. So, how do you react to each other? What's the quality of your conversation...the levels of patience when there's a difference of opinion? How do you get past those differences and resolve them? It's natural for the human being to want to skip over those issues and "cross that bridge when we come to it." But if you haven't built a bridge to be crossed...where are you then?<br /><br />If you hail from different cultures or religious backgrounds, are you absolutely tolerant of the idiocyncracies in those opposite views? If you are of different races, are you comfortable with your mate's family? What is the reaction of your own family and their's, and how are you dealing with that? Perhaps you're a gay or lesbian couple...have you both "come out" to everyone who's important to you? Are you comfortable with who you are in your workplace?<br />Everyday life will present challenges. Do you agree on where you will live? What are your dreams <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsSwAm4f8Q3XVmdoLkIQpbDaEvVQaT6Ll6Zo5VkV_rgCC02wvWz2Y-joGHrVav87a3rcx8zvR5nfEsEMkpBBqjY5liOnHj6a_tQOUmCQ3BtJhfDWAMX6WWLVwpEzp9aBvCENLMgjof3fN0/s1600-h/Patty_Sam.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 143px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsSwAm4f8Q3XVmdoLkIQpbDaEvVQaT6Ll6Zo5VkV_rgCC02wvWz2Y-joGHrVav87a3rcx8zvR5nfEsEMkpBBqjY5liOnHj6a_tQOUmCQ3BtJhfDWAMX6WWLVwpEzp9aBvCENLMgjof3fN0/s200/Patty_Sam.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445154603121702770" border="0" /></a>and will this marriage support them? Do you both want children...and animals? A second or third marriage might bring children along with it. Do those children accept your mate? Does your mate accept your children? Patty and Sam are Bikers who enjoy their community and work together and support each other on meaningful projects; "Bike Runs" for causes they agree are important. They have a strong basis for their partnership and have had a happy relationship. I'm happy to be in touch with them often when we participate in the Iron Maidens MC Itsy Bitsy Spider Run once a year.<br /><br />So there are tough questions! Be wise...sit down with your Officiant to discuss your concerns, and make sure before the wedding that you are launching a boat that will weather the storms of ordinary life. When I create or co-create a ceremony (of any kind) I enlist the assistance and opinions<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJczEfE2_xIewtAlCXf-ajPyko7picYPpruvqxooRtPNtbeVyIqlKsPiE7Sa1hhwI01bQDrC7rPBP0RR9rFebSyWVqvETjKVWyW3ENIWTB2Z4bwfPyPPe3a8KCyaUgpByJpuZrtL_7sXe/s1600-h/wind.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJczEfE2_xIewtAlCXf-ajPyko7picYPpruvqxooRtPNtbeVyIqlKsPiE7Sa1hhwI01bQDrC7rPBP0RR9rFebSyWVqvETjKVWyW3ENIWTB2Z4bwfPyPPe3a8KCyaUgpByJpuZrtL_7sXe/s200/wind.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445158285155753474" border="0" /></a> of the couple or any whom I serve. The ceremony must, I think, speak the Hearts and Minds of those people...and inspire significant memories and precepts that will carry their attention further, and focus their Intent into their partnership or their healing. Michael and Diane's releasing of the doves was a poinant moment that touched all the congregation, including the wedding party, and c<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yvdVD3iyKLHP-SHea4x7DsFFTm-qrswkVmDtWwGko6WQVdbYr_LSHCQwj1YKXqMeZ7aENJ55FrwnLXBWiCT7X1yNU7AY3q24AakVDgDb6o9bY4ytBX0bphRN79n9djCAegs8L96ZF0dd/s1600-h/D-M+flight+Wed.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yvdVD3iyKLHP-SHea4x7DsFFTm-qrswkVmDtWwGko6WQVdbYr_LSHCQwj1YKXqMeZ7aENJ55FrwnLXBWiCT7X1yNU7AY3q24AakVDgDb6o9bY4ytBX0bphRN79n9djCAegs8L96ZF0dd/s200/D-M+flight+Wed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445156168039073762" border="0" /></a>rossed the language boundaries of this Chinese and American union. The look of wonder on our faces is an indication of the benefits of visual effects. The doves were a gift from Michael's sister, and a very sweet way of accepting Diane into the family and honoring her brother.<br /><br />Wishing all success upon your Ceremonies and your Life...if I can assist, it is my honor a<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglx4CA5z_15hHhwFBTP39JIRwUYaYgfO01DlCLd2mi-skzwyph6QCkZsO2lZwdLhGQY9NMTyQSPnsyliHmPKGcqmCLp_KHMYrQx6B_U6FlaFLXBthM_MrNbxrPBOTUIb3YYCyCj4WJS6V3/s1600-h/791018y64q4d4u14.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 103px; height: 103px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglx4CA5z_15hHhwFBTP39JIRwUYaYgfO01DlCLd2mi-skzwyph6QCkZsO2lZwdLhGQY9NMTyQSPnsyliHmPKGcqmCLp_KHMYrQx6B_U6FlaFLXBthM_MrNbxrPBOTUIb3YYCyCj4WJS6V3/s200/791018y64q4d4u14.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445164342973498834" border="0" /></a>nd pleasure. I am on Long Island, and I do travel. It was with greatest pleasure that I served my own Nephew Frank and his Bride Blake this February 2010...we travelled to Las Vegas, Nevada and held a lovely ceremony in their Bridal Suite. Frank broke the mold, wearing a fur coat and his beloved Grandfather's hat. Not all men would have the courage to assert meaningful symbols and I applaud his honoring of his connections, and Blake's acceptance of his expressions. Their ceremony was filled with mirth and some of their comments had the congregation in a roar! This was indeed a Unique Wedding, and a distinct pleasure for me to perform.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-9HSDx9HOJB8WrMsjfPg8grAT06fj-xp04fpL1hEkZob4UpUeJiNCeL7_yUud5UJvQ-rneMMbB9-Yr8mKtvaLaJ-tw7F7FdTtyZQzW4187fTzHu0EO82uLIWBMyUdnRrX5BO70rkae9J/s1600-h/DSC01273.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-9HSDx9HOJB8WrMsjfPg8grAT06fj-xp04fpL1hEkZob4UpUeJiNCeL7_yUud5UJvQ-rneMMbB9-Yr8mKtvaLaJ-tw7F7FdTtyZQzW4187fTzHu0EO82uLIWBMyUdnRrX5BO70rkae9J/s200/DSC01273.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445161216182901794" border="0" /></a><br />I wish you great joy and success in your Marriage!<br />COMMUNICATE COMMUNICATE COMMUNICATE<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Irene Windhorse ~ Transformative Spiritual Services ~ With Reverence for All Life</div>Rev. Irene Windhorsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06784233906333503346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643016941969496658.post-60714905497188349242010-03-02T05:11:00.000-08:002010-03-02T05:21:49.670-08:00Is your TV really your friend?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYv4rkuEjeVwtGdHv8Ocxi67UTCA9BaGKrywU9f-PzzaqxhV_2k8KXe3w3Ld0JZUtsZJ9oSb_VIYzIsImbO-m-AUXuvTapWP7JkDG8Dwz_HNrF6O4eAaBfIvynzCBgoBM9ndfdFDbFw6M/s1600-h/TVbrain.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYv4rkuEjeVwtGdHv8Ocxi67UTCA9BaGKrywU9f-PzzaqxhV_2k8KXe3w3Ld0JZUtsZJ9oSb_VIYzIsImbO-m-AUXuvTapWP7JkDG8Dwz_HNrF6O4eAaBfIvynzCBgoBM9ndfdFDbFw6M/s200/TVbrain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444025561736389410" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=294618050299&ref=nf" onclick="'ft(">televirus</a><br /><div class="UIStoryAttachment_Title">Thanks to Romik Kimor:<br /></div><div class="UIStoryAttachment_Copy">If you experience "mind fog" after watching television, you are not alone. Studies have shown that watching television induces low alpha waves in the human brain. Alpha waves are brainwaves between 8 to 12 HZ. and are commonly associated with relaxed meditative states a<span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="text_exposed_show">s well as brain states associated with suggestibility. While Alpha waves achieved through meditation are beneficial (they promote relaxation and insight), too much time spent in the low Alpha wave state caused by TV can cause unfocussed daydreaming and inability to concentrate. Researchers have said that watching television is similar to staring at a blank wall for several hours.<br /><a href="http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/247802/your_brain_waves_change_when_you_watch.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmousedown="'UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this),">http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/247802/your_brain_waves_change_when_you_watch.html</a><br /><br /><br /></span></div>Rev. Irene Windhorsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06784233906333503346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643016941969496658.post-72174957636518174582010-02-25T07:38:00.000-08:002020-08-17T05:46:00.710-07:00Do You Realize You ARE Divine??<p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Bernhard Modern;font-size:6;">WINDHORSE</span></b></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><img src="http://www.w1ndhorse.com/images/w1nbeau.jpg" border="0" height="225" width="325" /></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Bernhard Modern;font-size:6;">HOW DO YOU HONOR YOUR DIVINITY?</span></b></p> <p align="center"><img src="http://www.w1ndhorse.com/images/e1993f58_29977.jpg" border="0" height="576" width="421" /></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-family:Bernhard Modern;font-size:180%;">Do you realize that you are Divine?</span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-family:Bernhard Modern;font-size:180%;">Have you considered the Magical Physiology you inhabit? </span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-family:Bernhard Modern;font-size:180%;">Can you imagine the body having its own Mind?</span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-family:Bernhard Modern;font-size:180%;">Are you a Spirit within a Body...or a Body containing a Spirit?</span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-family:Bernhard Modern;font-size:180%;">What propels this body you navigate through the world in? </span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-family:Bernhard Modern;font-size:180%;">Do you perceive it as sheer Will on your part?</span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-family:Bernhard Modern;font-size:180%;">WHO ARE YOU?</span></p> <p align="center"><img src="http://www.w1ndhorse.com/images/divine.gif.gif" border="0" height="300" width="80" /></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-family:Bernhard Modern;font-size:180%;">What has the rest of Creation got to do with you? Salvator Dali tried to express our Oneness...and Space...here in his painting of Galatea of the Spheres. (visit the Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida...and stand back and look at her; full on...and eyes askew.)</span></p> <p align="center"><img src="http://www.w1ndhorse.com/images/Galatea_of_the_Spheres.jpg" border="0" height="282" width="300" /></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-family:Bernhard Modern;font-size:180%;">When you honor yourself; does that separate you from other people or life forms?</span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-family:Bernhard Modern;font-size:180%;">So what if trees are cut down? Who needs predator species in the world?</span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-family:Bernhard Modern;font-size:180%;">What is one less life form in the world?</span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-family:Bernhard Modern;font-size:180%;">How much of an impact can weather manipulation have on the world?</span></p> <p align="center"><span style="font-family:Bernhard Modern;font-size:180%;">What's the difference if Low Frequency Vibrations are sent into the oceans or atmosphere?</span></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><b><a href="http://www.w1ndhorse.com/when_we_speak.htm"><span style="font-family:Bernhard Modern;font-size:85%;">WHEN WE SPEAK</span></a></b></p> <p align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Bernhard Modern;font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.w1ndhorse.com/ExquisiteEarth.html">OUR PRECIOUS MOTHER PLANET</a></span></b></p> <p align="center"><b><span style="font-family:Bernhard Modern;font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.w1ndhorse.com/FoodChain.html">HEIRARCHY</a></span></b></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.spiritual-endeavors.org/basic/index.html">THOUGHTS</a></p>Rev. Irene Windhorsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06784233906333503346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643016941969496658.post-38434663238238813702010-02-24T20:26:00.000-08:002020-08-17T08:41:36.722-07:00A New View of God/Creator?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipSfA1y0epw0k1_A_id3rPUiQl3E5nlpTIs2P4JNjuFrJAPF6cDNp1FObiX-UdTcu-C8zRE3jt8-gBAPXFI3a17x1qbev3OwrZkVT-lGFBrUtLpj6g4ZGkeohQf_ngoxry6nyd3FN6pv6x/s1600-h/Yesss.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442036334310683810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipSfA1y0epw0k1_A_id3rPUiQl3E5nlpTIs2P4JNjuFrJAPF6cDNp1FObiX-UdTcu-C8zRE3jt8-gBAPXFI3a17x1qbev3OwrZkVT-lGFBrUtLpj6g4ZGkeohQf_ngoxry6nyd3FN6pv6x/s320/Yesss.gif" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 77px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 115px;" /></a>
On the premise that we believe in God...a Creator...
HOW can we imagine that S/He would plop us here without giving us all we need?
How can we believe that S/He wouldn't want us to be happy, safe and useful? <div><br /></div><div> When I was a kid, it was arrogant to make such a claim. You were supposed to grovel, as far as religion and families were concerned. How DARE you think God would want to favor you! You were supposed to keep that feeling of heaviness in your heart, and remember that “God is watching and waiting for us to trip up. WHAT kind of God would think that's FUN??? </div><div><br /></div><div>The leverage maker is in remembering that EVERYone and EVERY other life form is birthed under the same supposition...God wants the BEST for them, as well as for you and me. All the best is laid out for us...all we need do is ACCEPT, and RECEIVE.
The Universe just IS. It offers its Gifts freely. It emerges out of a Perfect Matrix, and continues in Alignment with Creator...till it gets to humans.</div><div><br /></div><div>Humans have made a habit of feeling 'less than.' Be it harm none, all is free for the taking.
When our minds are free, we take only what we need. We find happiness in seeing that our neighbor has the same.
It's only when feelings of lack fill a person that they get defensive and fearful; and then are resentful at what someone else has.
Now, I'm fully aware that there is true poverty 'out there.' I'm asking that we begin recognizing en masse that our God/Creator has provided all we need.</div><div><br /></div><div>When those in control of our Governments can think that way, they will govern in new ways. The people will ASK in new ways. Each person will PROVIDE for him/herself in new ways, starting with the way they think, what they pay attention to and spend their time on.
The voice of Abraham and the Secret and all the speakers on the Law of Attraction before them, point out that the human mind has a lot to do with Creation. We are Co-Creators with God. Once we 'get it,' we will realize that Creating while feeling Happiness and Commitment to our Creation's Happiness is a cruicial component in that.</div><div><br /></div><div>Being able to see the finished product before it's even done is the entrepreneurial factor that achieves the desired effect. Seeing clearly where we want to go draws every source of assistance to our Project.
So, if you believe in God, I hope you will practice acknowledging that God don't make no junk, and he wants his treasures to be cherished among themselves as much as he adores His Creation. </div><div><br /></div><div>Being Special to God means we are surrounded and permeated with Glory.
We bless each other all the time while Accepting that we already ARE Blessed!
All God, Creator, the Universal Harmony wants us to do is SAY YES!!</div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
</div>Well, there's a few thoughts on why we should turn our hearts to feeling the Joy the Universe is trying to bestow. </div><div> Love to you, </div><div>Windhorse</div>Rev. Irene Windhorsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06784233906333503346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7643016941969496658.post-14900653675896927112010-02-21T14:15:00.000-08:002010-02-21T20:29:56.389-08:00Winter Medicine<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2YDvgK_8ZiumQmLYXPEC_e9DLqoNsDrw3TVlohs-yYfX6zAfJN-NvZeJA-wEZP6LDOkaafx_tHkIwho-uOaA5mfNybfPLue-UxNDz9H5vMxD_CHErmf786RJmRdfxBhUPalxFGO0TXYI/s1600-h/DSCF1145.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2YDvgK_8ZiumQmLYXPEC_e9DLqoNsDrw3TVlohs-yYfX6zAfJN-NvZeJA-wEZP6LDOkaafx_tHkIwho-uOaA5mfNybfPLue-UxNDz9H5vMxD_CHErmf786RJmRdfxBhUPalxFGO0TXYI/s320/DSCF1145.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440864363806154194" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Winter. It finds me hibernating. Or, more realistically, Winter doesn't care; but it affects me with a hunkered down, grateful for a warm home feeling. Old Man Winter just does his thing...and I am left wondering if I'm just lazy. All the "should be's and would be's" haunt me. Family waits to see me. Friends invite me to this and that and I'm a no-show. In the end, here I am...in the house, on the computer.<br /><br />But wait! My computer is my Window to the World! And on days like today, when the feeling is so strong and the knowing so poignant that I am missing real time contact with others, Smilin' Wolf (my computer) delivers friends all the philosophy, new connections, and reconnections right to my Window On The World. Today, (again) I realize that it is what it is...if I am to be at home on my computer, composing a blog, webpage, wedding ceremony, new meditation, tidying the house, on the phone, etc...it is all leading to some greater Understanding in me, AND soon, a good day out and manifesting more Knowing that All is as it "should be." Today was so magical, with the many talents and gifts so many people share...with computer as a tool, I've discovered how much love there is in the hearts of Humanity. I avoid the news on TV and Radio...good ole "Smilin' Wolf" allows me choice of what I watch and what I read. (for the most part).<br /><br />Winter and "Smilin' Wolf" are good 'medicine.' Winter is a sort of mentor that causes me to review my purpose and actions; gives me time to hibernate, regroup and discover much about myself and the world at large. Winter can be a source of cultivating Patience.<br /><br />What I'm trying to say boils down to simplicity...Basic Goodness!! The Art of Being Satisfied with where I'm "at"...non-judgmental; allowing my own pace as I would for anyone else...and knowing that the more I trust my life, my purpose and the Great Creator's Plan for me...the better chance there is for my successful "hearing" of my Purpose, all the more clear my mind and heart for discerning my Soul's Work.<br /><br />This is my first post on my first blog. Thanks for reading. <br /><br /></span></span>Rev. Irene Windhorsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06784233906333503346noreply@blogger.com0